Origin of the name EMILY.
Etymology of the
name EMILY.
Meaning of the baby name EMILY.

Emily,
Emeline, Amelia,
Emma, etc. The true
origin of this name seems to be a moot point amongst those who have
studied the question. Some derive it from a Greek word meaning
"flattering" or "witty," whilst others carry it back
to the Teutonic Amal
= work: the second theory is probably the correct one. Miss
Yonge in her Christian Names suggests that the Aemilii of
Rome and the Amaler of the Goth have a common ancestor in the
Teutonic amal, meaning work; the same writer points out that maal
or âmal means "work" in Hebrew also, and aml is
Old-Norse for "work."
Thus, from this remote Teutonic forefather amal,
through the Greeks and Romans, have descended our household names of Emily,
Emilie, Emmeline,
Emeline, Emilia,
Amelia,
Millie,—and
for boys Emmery
and Amery.Emily Becchieri (1238-1314), to whom visions were
granted, was informed by Christ in person that His greatest agony had
been the three hours during which He hung on the Cross, and He promised
Emily that He would grant the three theological virtues to all those
who, at the third hour of the evening, repeated three Paters and three Avés,
in memory of His Crucifixion. On another occasion, whilst Emily
was meditating on the Crown of Thorns, she prayed that she might be made
to feel in her own person the anguish which Christ had suffered,
whereupon Christ answered her by the mouth of her crucifix, saying that
He would grant her wish; and forthwith Emily suffered such excruciating
pain that for three days she had to keep her bed, and at the end of that
time was restored to health only by some mysterious draught administered
to her by Mary Magdalen and St. Catherine. (Girls' Christian Names, Swan,
1905)